Is a councillor on Sydney's Ashfield Council drunk in chambers? A rival wants to breathalyse him -- but she's been dismissed as a "muckraker". Crikey intern Carrington Clarke tries to get to the bottom of it.
The idea that there are "federal implications" of state elections doesn't hold up under examination. But that doesn't mean the Gillard government will hold on in this year's federal election.
Julia Gillard had a good week campaigning in western Sydney. But what will the long-term cost be of Labor's populist, anti-immigration rhetoric?
The new freeway to the CBD being touted by Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott is the last thing Sydney needs. Alan Davies explains why.
Julia Gillard has promised the people of Sydney another highway -- which is about the last thing the region needs. Crikey's roaming reporter joins the campaign-that-isn't out west.
This week's Auditor-General's report on problems in the NSW budget hampers the chances of the state hanging on to its coveted triple-A credit rating. Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane report.
There are few issues that bring together the activist Left and the rural Right. But coal seam gas has Nimbin hippies protesting next to knitting nanas, writes Crikey intern Michelle Slater.
The latest bi-monthly Newspoll result for New South Wales shows essentially no change on voting intention, but an improvement in Barry O'Farrell's personal ratings, reports William Bowe.
The Greens are on track to underperform compared with the 2010 election. In which case, getting your competitor to differentiate you isn't such a bad strategy.
The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption is determined to nail former ex-MP Ian Macdonald on his ministerial dealings. But his patience was wearing thin today on the stand.
